Dermal bone that is located posterior to the dentary and lateral to the articular and retroarticular bones of the lower jaw. The angular forms the outer dermal sheet of the posterior part of the lower jaw. The angular bears a portion of the mandibular sensory canal. The angular is a paired bone. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_bone TAO:0001669 ]
Term information
- Wikipedia:Angular_bone
- ZFA:0001645
- TAO:0001669
- AAO:0000010
The angular fuses with the articular bone in clupeocephalans forming the anguloarticular.
Term relations
- lateral structure
- bone of lower jaw
- dermal bone
- in lateral side of some skeleton of lower jaw
- part of some dermatocranium